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Transparency notification Form TR-1 BE PART I

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	Please continue entering the information in part II concerning the Part II persons referred to in Sections 5 and 6
7) Date on which the threshold is crossed
		29/06/2020 (DD/MM/YYYY)

1) Status of the notification

2) Issuer

3) Reason for the notification

5) Persons subject to the notification requirement

4) Notification by

Name	Address (for legal entities)
BlackRock, Inc.	55 East 52nd Street, New York, NY, 10055, U.S.A.
BlackRock (Netherlands) B.V.	Rembrandt Tower, 17th floor, Amstelplein, Amsterdam, Netherlands
BlackRock (Singapore) Limited	20 Anson Road #18-01, Singapore, 79912, Singapore
BlackRock Advisors (UK) Limited	12 Throgmorton Avenue, London, EC2N 2DL, U.K.
BlackRock Advisors, LLC	55 East 52nd Street, New York, NY, 10055, U.S.A.
BlackRock Asset Management Canada Limited	161 Bay Street, Suite 2500, Toronto, Ontario, M5J 2S1, Canada
BlackRock Asset Management Deutschland AG	Lenbachplatz 1 1st Floor, Munich, 80333-MN3, Germany
BlackRock Asset Management North Asia Limited	15/F, 16/F, 17/F Citibank Tower & 17/F ICBC Tower, 3 Garden Road, Central, Hong Kong
BlackRock Financial Management, Inc.	55 East 52nd Street, New York, NY, 10055, U.S.A.
BlackRock Fund Advisors	400 Howard Street, San Francisco, CA, 94105, U.S.A.
BlackRock Institutional Trust Company, National Association	400 Howard Street, San Francisco, CA, 94105, U.S.A.
BlackRock International Limited	Exchange Place One, 1 Semple Street, Edinburgh, EH3 8BL, U.K.
BlackRock Investment Management (Australia) Limited	Level 26, 101 Collins Street, Melbourne, VIC 3000, Australia
BlackRock Investment Management (UK) Limited	12 Throgmorton Avenue, London, EC2N 2DL, U.K.
BlackRock Investment Management, LLC	1 University Square Drive, Princeton, NJ, 8540, U.S.A.
BlackRock Japan Co., Ltd.	1-8-3 Marunouchi Chiyoda-ku, Trust Tower Main, Tokyo, 100-8217, Japan

6) Persons that dispose of voting rights (only to be filled in if art. 7 of the Law applies)

A parent undertaking or a controlling person

Acquisition or disposal of voting securities or voting rights Downward crossing of the lowest threshold Acquisition or disposal of financial instruments that are treated as voting securities

8) Threshold that is crossed (in %)

A) Voting rights	Previous notification		After the transaction
	# of voting rights		# of voting rights % of voting rights
Holders of voting rights		Linked to securities	Not linked to the securities	Linked to securities	Not linked to the securities	S
BlackRock, Inc.	0	0		0.00%		1
BlackRock (Netherlands) B.V.	11,743	11,664		0.01%		1
BlackRock (Singapore) Limited	3,488	2,546		0.00%		1
BlackRock Advisors (UK) Limited	397,673	240,505		0.23%		1
BlackRock Advisors, LLC	33,649	33,153		0.03%		1
BlackRock Asset Management Canada Limited	55,414	53,317		0.05%		1
BlackRock Asset Management Deutschland AG	114,735	115,594		0.11%		1
BlackRock Asset Management North Asia Limited	2,554	2,554		0.00%		1
BlackRock Financial Management, Inc.	54,826	7,635		0.01%		1
BlackRock Fund Advisors	900,835	886,883		0.84%		1
BlackRock Institutional Trust Company, National Association	1,130,365	1,094,682		1.03%		1
BlackRock International Limited	1,441	1,441		0.00%		1
BlackRock Investment Management (Australia) Limited	33,242	33,242		0.03%		1
BlackRock Investment Management (UK) Limited	169,647	108,082		0.10%		1
BlackRock Investment Management, LLC	136,229	94,664		0.09%		1
BlackRock Japan Co., Ltd.	117,782	58,630		0.06%		1
Subtotal	3,163,623	2,744,592		2.59%		S
	TOTAL	2,744,592		2.59%

10) Notified details

If the holding has fallen below the lowest threshold, you have the option of not entering any numbers in Section 10

9) Denominator

Please enter the denominator before filling in the data

B) Equivalent financial instruments		After the transaction
Holders of equivalent financial instruments	Type of financial instrument	Expiration date Exercise period or date	# of voting rights that may be acquired if the instrument is exercised	% of voting rights	Settlement
BlackRock Advisors (UK) Limited	Securites Lent		286,890	0.27%	physical	-
BlackRock Institutional Trust Company, National Association	Securites Lent		1,300	0.00%	physical	-
BlackRock Investment Management (UK) Limited	Securites Lent		77,793	0.07%	physical	-
BlackRock Institutional Trust Company, National Association	Contract for Difference		50,965	0.05%	cash	+
	TOTAL		416,948	0.39%

TOTAL (A & B)		# of voting rights	% of voting rights
	CALCULATE	3,161,540	2.99%

	Done at 12 Throgmorton Avenue, London EC2N 2DL, U.K.
On		30/06/2020 (DD/MM/YYYY)
	Name & capacity Jana Blumenstein, Director	Signature

11) Full chain of controlled undertakings through which the holding is effectively held, if applicable

				(DD/MM/YYYY)
Holder	will cease to hold / will hold again	0	voting rights as of

The disclosure obligation arose due to total holdings for BlackRock, Inc. going below 3%.

12) In case of proxy voting for only one GM

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11) Full chain of controlled undertakings through which the holding is effectively held, if applicable

Name

BlackRock, Inc. BlackRock Holdco 2, Inc. BlackRock Financial Management, Inc. BlackRock International Holdings, Inc. BR Jersey International Holdings L.P. BlackRock (Singapore) Holdco Pte. Ltd. BlackRock HK Holdco Limited BlackRock Lux Finco S.a.r.l. BlackRock Japan Holdings GK BlackRock Japan Co., Ltd.

BlackRock, Inc. Trident Merger, LLC BlackRock Investment Management, LLC

BlackRock, Inc. BlackRock Holdco 2, Inc. BlackRock Financial Management, Inc. BlackRock International Holdings, Inc. BR Jersey International Holdings L.P. BlackRock Holdco 3, LLC BlackRock Cayman 1 LP BlackRock Cayman West Bay Finco Limited BlackRock Cayman West Bay IV Limited BlackRock Group Limited BlackRock Finance Europe Limited BlackRock Investment Management (UK) Limited

BlackRock, Inc. BlackRock Holdco 2, Inc. BlackRock Financial Management, Inc. BlackRock International Holdings, Inc. BR Jersey International Holdings L.P. BlackRock Australia Holdco Pty. Ltd. BlackRock Investment Management (Australia) Limited

BlackRock, Inc. BlackRock Holdco 2, Inc. BlackRock Financial Management, Inc. BlackRock Holdco 4, LLC BlackRock Holdco 6, LLC BlackRock Delaware Holdings Inc. BlackRock Institutional Trust Company, National Association BlackRock, Inc. BlackRock Holdco 2, Inc. BlackRock Financial Management, Inc. BlackRock Holdco 4, LLC BlackRock Holdco 6, LLC BlackRock Delaware Holdings Inc. BlackRock Fund Advisors

BlackRock, Inc. BlackRock Holdco 2, Inc. BlackRock Financial Management, Inc.

BlackRock, Inc. BlackRock Holdco 2, Inc. BlackRock Financial Management, Inc. BlackRock Capital Holdings, Inc. BlackRock Advisors, LLC

BlackRock Cayman West Bay Finco Limited BlackRock Cayman West Bay IV Limited BlackRock Group Limited BlackRock Finance Europe Limited BlackRock Advisors (UK) Limited

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